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WILLIAM HENRY IBELLE, OF BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOROBERT J. VANCE, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL LIFTER AND CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,010, dated April 1,1884-.

Application filed February 4, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. IBELLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BarrelLifters and l 1 IO my invention is to produce a barrel-lifter which asfolded for transportation.

Carriers, of which the following is a specifica- 1 tion.

My invention relates to improvements in barrel lifters and carriers; andthe object of will be convenient, simple in construction, and one whichcan be readily folded for transportation. I attain this object by theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a side elevation of my improved barrel-lifter as applied to anordinary barrel for lifting and moving the same. Fig.2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig. 4 is a View of mybarrel-lifter Fig. 5 is a plan view of device as constructed forapplication uponhalf-barrels, kegs, &c.

My device is principally designed for grocers use in carrying barrelsand analogous articles; but it is evident that it may be used forcarrying boxes or any other article that it will readily hold.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of mybarrel-lifter, having secured thereto swinging hooks or grapples a anda, i which, when in use, engage with the chines of a barrel or edges ofa box. At opposite ends of the frame are crossbars or handles b, and atone end of the frame Athe right-hand end,

as shown-is a secondary swinging handle, I).

At the middle of the frame A isa cross-bar, a, which forms the pintle ofthe frame-joint. I form the frame A jointed at the center, so that mylifter,when not in use, can be folded into a convenient form fortransportation; and also by means of this jointed construction and theconnecting cross-bar a my device acts with a better leverage upon thearticle to be moved or carried, and it is more conveniently *appliedtliairwould otherwise be the case; but this jointed construction isimmaterial to some of the features of my invention, and a good liftercan be made without the joint. I also prefer to curve the frame, asshown best in Fig. 1, for the ends of the frame thus con structed form aresting standard when the lifter is not in use and folded up, as shownin Fig. 4.. The curved ends also bring thebarrel at a greater elevationwhen lifted by the handles, so that the users need not be obliged tohold their hands at an inconvenient height. The secondary handle b isattached to the right-hand end of the frame A,at the ends of the handleI), by bands or straps. Said straps engage with stops 0 c on the innerside of the frame A, (indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1,) and thus tobe held out of the way within the end of the frame when not in use. Inconstructing my lifter for use in moving half-barrels, 8nd, I shortenthe relative length of the frame A, and place the handles b nearer thehooks or grapples d, as shown in Fig. 5. This will bring the handles sonear each other that they can both be grasped by the hands of one personfor carrying.

I secure the hooks or grapples to the frame A by a pivot, which pivotpermits a free movelllellli of the same. I also form stops orprojections e on the frame to limit the movement of the left'handgrapple d. The several grapplesare widened at their ends and beveled tomake them more nearly conform to the chines of the barrel, and arepreferably notched to secure a better hold.

I operate my device as follows: By first placing the grapples or hooks dunder the lefthand edge or chine of the box or barrel when the frame isfolded, and then unfolding the frame A over to the right. The grapples(1 will be prevented from falling back by means of the stops 0, so thatwhen the frame reaches a horizontal position the said grapples willstand nearly When the article is the higher elevation has only to makeuse of the secondary handle by unfolding it from Within the end of theframe, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, and he will experience noinconvenience because of his higher elevation.

I claim as my invention'- 1. A barrel-lifter consisting of the framehaving grapples or hooks at or near therespeotive ends thereof,substantially as de scribed, and for the purpose specified.

2. A barrel-lifter consisting of the frame having hooks or grapples ator near the respective ends thereof, and the folding secondary'handle,substantially as described, and for r 5 the purpose specified.

8. In a barrel-lifter, the jointed folding frame having the curved ends,handles, and grapples, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

4. The combination of the jointed and folding frame having handles 1) band the stops 0, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified'.

WM. HENRY IBELLE. Witnesses:

J OHN EDWARDS, J12,

EDDY N. SWEETE.

